Sunday, January 20, 2019

B'SD14 SHVAT, 5779On January 11th I'd let you know of a pending development for financial help directed at people with brain tumors. I'm relieved to let you know that the Musella Foundation's help is now reality:

Copay assistance program is now open! Thanks to generous donations, we are able to reopen our copay assistance program! We have a lookback period of 3 months from when the completed application arrives so if you are approved, and have paid for a covered treatment in the last 3 months we can reimburse you!

While we're on the topic of health, I want to share another health-promoting idea with you. It's some news that I'd shared in a newsletter that I prepare for a local organic foods farm:

The next time that you and your family wake up to a chilly morning, bake sweet potatoes with the skins on for a hot, high-fiber breakfast that's very satisfying. Little ones will think that they're eating dessert for breakfast! If you need to convince finicky eaters to eat sweet potatoes in the skins, remove the pulp and whip it with beaters. Serve the results in a cereal bowl (they're easier to chew and to swallow) and show the child that you're eating the skin bit by bit with a big grin on your face. Temptation can be a powerful motivator. If that doesn't convince a tough customer to eat the skin, drop the subject and be happy that the little ones ate a hot, hearty bowl of sweet potatoes packed with nutrition all of their own.

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

B'SD8 Shvat, 5779There's plenty of good news in the medical world, and some of it is because increasing numbers of doctors admit that their recommended diets don't work. Studies are being reconsidered, redesigned, and reclassified so that medical professionals can help people to lose weight easily and sensibly. Increasing attention is being paid to those of us who do not struggle with weight control, and why.Those updated healthcare professionals can help people to prevent becoming overweight in the first place.For those of us in the natural healing world, weight control is a matter of understanding specific principles. Here's a starter kit for thinking as we do:

Food is a significant part of the problem - the WRONG food, that is. It can affect fertility, weight, energy levels, health, mood, and more.

I know one naturopath invited to many baby namings because she advises infertility clients to stop ingesting dairy foods. They're full of Mama Animal's hormones, designed to fatten up her children. They create havoc with human hormones. Add in the synthetic hormones from hygiene products that I've warned you about at this blog, and infertility plus obesity easily become "OMIGAWD why am I fat and/or infertile?" issues.

Keep thinking with me.

People complain that they can't keep their weight down as they swallow more lo-cal ice cream, lo-fat cottage and reduced-calories sliced cheese, etc. THEY EAT THEIR OWN PROBLEM, GUARANTEEING THAT IT WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THEY STOP SWALLOWING DAIRY "FOODS" DESIGNED FOR ANIMALS, NOT FOR HUMANS.

Weight control is not simply a matter

of calorie restrictions.

If you eat dairy foods you eat

hormonal instructions

to make your body fat.

It's also important to support thyroid health when your energy levels fall and your weight rises. Add iodine-rich seaweed to your menus.

Sushi is made with nori leaves. Enjoy your weight-management meal.Kombu is a seaweed sold in flakes and as leaves. Add them to your lentil dishes.

Arame, wakame and other sea leaves make lovely additions to a meal. I decorate steaming hot sweet potato with strands of arame, The pretty orange-green color combination is eye candy. The flavor of the dish is mouth candy that's nutritious for inner and outer health.There's far more to the natural weight-control life. I only offered a glimpse into it with the thoughts above.

Okay, on to the next topic for today: WHEN DOCTORS BLAME THEIR PATIENTS FOR PROBLEMS THAT THEY DIDN'T CAUSE!The problem is close to my heart: a good friend was diagnosed with Smoker's Lung. She's never touched a cigarette in her life and neither has her husband. Air and other pollution gave her the disease. The article below will inform you of other possibilities, and about rude medical professionals who need to be guided into good behavior techniques. Click on...

A pulmonary and critical-care physician on how bias in the medical community hurts lung cancer patients

Know the warning signs

The

book holds passages about how best to respond to irate, irascible, and otherwise rude doctors, technicians and nurses. Read it to prepare yourself for an appropriate self defense. There are ways to solve the problem.

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Melanie Metcalf LovellTiffani, it helps people to purchase medicine when they might not otherwise be able to due to high insurance co-pays/deductibles. This is the program I have always contributed to, because as necessary as animal testing may be, as a vegan I am not comfortable funding testing on animals. This is a win-win....I can contribute to this program and help those fighting GBMs without funding animal research.

Al MusellaAs to animal research, for those of you who do not want to fund animal research, you can tell us to only use the donation for human research. We gave a $1 million grant which will only be used to treat pediatric brain tumors - the grant is 4 payments of $250,000 over 3 years. We are saving up for the next payment. You can always donate to that!

He turned quite pale. I gave him a prec​autionary aspirin to chew on and asked "Doctor, you know what I'm d​oing and why, don't you?​" He nodded.​ He was showing signs of a pending heart attack or one in progress.​I told him that he needs to be examined by an emergency room doctor.

S​hort story: he's okay, just overtired from too much stress and excessive work hours. It was not a heart attack.

Folks, I was following the instructions that I'd learned in a CPR (Cardiopulmonary resuscitation) course. It is important to know how to respond calmly and capably in a time of suspected medical emergency. PLEASE seek out such a class for yourselves. You might end up saving a life or two.

P​S - The doctor called to thank me for checking him. He knew exactly what I'd suspected the whole time and appreciated that someone could have saved his life on the spot if necessary.

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Find out how to lower your costs in the Global Resources section at the back of the book.

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IT'S HARD TO COPE The pressure's on. We want to be heroes at saving our own lives, or somebody else wants us to be heroic. [But] we feel like quitting this scary situation. As the mental pressure builds, our minds sort of explode. We might start asking "Why is this happening to me?" We don't ask that question because we necessarily want answers… The question is really about accusing GOD of having made a mistake- a BIG mistake. We don't believe we deserve the troubles and pain that we're in... it can make a suffering person feel infuriated. That can lead to a sense of guilt. [You need to realize that] acceptance is a process. Normal people need time to come to grips with their medical crisis… Asking "Why ME?" [could mean] "How can I get out of this situation?" … What if you're afraid that you DESERVE this medical crisis? I have two user-friendly responses to those questions…

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The information and ideas in my Self Help Coaching work, in this blog and in my book are not intended to replace personal advice from licensed physicians, and they do not constitute a doctor-patient or therapist-client relationship. Information in the above-mentioned resources is provided for informational purposes only. It is not a substitute for professional medical advice, nor a substitute for diagnosing or treating an emotional, mental, or medical condition. You need to consult board certified medical and mental health professionals in all matters relating to your health, and for suspected symptoms of illness requiring diagnosis or medical attention (including simple first aid). For spiritual matters, consult sensibly behaved clergy who demonstrate complete respect for your wellbeing. Your actions, based on information culled from my resource materials, are at your own responsibility and discretion. Yocheved Golani and Booklocker.com are not liable for any direct or indirect claim, loss or damage resulting from use of my book or blog and/or any media materials including web site(s) and blogs linked to/from it.

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